Am Mittwoch 22 Juni 2011, 16:35:07 schrieb Matthew Summers:
> 
> Hey Justin,
> 
> One thing to note is that a few various python modules, like numpy,
> really benefit from fortran. While many people using numpy are
> scientists, many are not and further there are various modules that
> depend on numpy that non-science folks use. I, for one, care little
> about where that flag is set, since I have manually set that USE for
> years now in make.conf. I am simply hoping to make you aware of the
> fact that there are potential cases that could be easily overlooked.
> 
> Thanks!
> Matt
> 

... and there are also typical end user software packages like digikam and kipi-plugins for photo processing, which rely e.g on opencv for face recognition, red eye removal, ...

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